Steadying-strip for hats.



-E.' M. FORM-AN. S' IEADYING STRIPFOB HATS, APPLICATION FILED JULY 5, 1912.

"1 965,039, Patented June17, 1913.

, W moRNEY- be the obtuse angle were the strip a perfect or strips of stiffening ELIZABETH M. FORMAN, 0F MOUNT GLEIVIEN S, MICHIGAN.

STEADYING-STRIP FOR HATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 17. 1913.

Application filed July 5, 1912. Serial No. 707,672.

7 '0 all 'w/mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, IQLILSIHG'PJIIAI. Fon- .\1.\.\', a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount lenwns, county of Macomb, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Steadying Strips for Hats, and declare the. following I to be a full, clear, and exact description of l the same, such as will enable others skilled l in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaceompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to means for steadying womens hats and has for its object a simple, convenient and economical device for insuring the proper carriage of the hat upon the head;

In the drawings :l igure 1, is a view of the back of a womans head, showing a hat having my invention secured. thereon. Fig. 2, is a vertical section of the hat taken frem the rear to the front.

A. is the ladys hatand 1 and 2 are plates fabric, which I call steadying strips, as itlis their offiee to steady the hat upon the head' so that it will not tip from sideto side, or from rear to front, or from front to rear. These strips are cut with respect to the manner of'doing the hair that is used by the prospective wearer and are adapted to partially straddle the knob of hair that is usually located just below the crown of the head. These strips 1 and 2 receive lateral support from merely resting upon and about the knob of hair upon the head of a lady.

The steadying strip is fa'stened'tothe hat A 'on the inside, as shown in Fig.2. The strip is somewhat triangular in shape 'in my preferred form, the acute angle of the strip lying near the center of the sides and the strip extending with its long'edge fastened to the hat around the side to almost the mid-point of the back.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the portion of the strip that 'subtends below the hat band corresponds to' what would triangle. Similarly .th'e-other'strip is fastened on the other side of the hat-band and extends around to near the mid-point at the back. The spacing of the two strips at the back varies as-the size of the ladys knob of hair varies. Also the exact shaping and fastening of the strips depend somewhat upon the style of hair worn.

It is, of course, apparent that these steadying strips may be made of such color that they are hardly visible. and on large hats will often be concealed by the shape of the hat. Itwill be found that they form a very useful function in preventing the tip ping of heavy hats from side to side, or from rear to front or-from front. to rear, which is so aggravatingand which is so commonwhen hats of this type are worn where it is at all breezy.

WVhat I claim is 1. The combination with a ladys hat, of a pair of steadying strips attached to the rear of the hat and reaching from a point at or near'the sides around to near the mid-point at the rear of the hat, the spaced from each other at such mid-point by a distance just suflioient to allow the strips to straddle the knob of hair worn by the user, and receive lateral support from merely resting upon and about the said knob of hair, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a ladys hat of a pair of steadying strips comprising substantially triangular strips of fabric or similar materialthat are fastened to the hat with theacu te angle of the strips near the centerslof the sides, while the long edges. of the triangular pieces are fastened to the in terior of the hat and substantially parallel the edge, the obtuse angles of the strips being thereby subtended below the hat and the rear edges of the two strips being somewhat spaced for the purpose of just straddling the hair knob, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, Isign this specification in the presence of two Witnesses.

ELIZABETH M. FORMAN. Witnesses Lo'rrA LEE BRAY,

R. A. PARKER.

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